Jan 28, 2026 | Eshel in the News
[caption id="attachment_165132" align="aligncenter" width="624"]\ Photo by Mercedes Mehling/Unsplash/Creative Commons[/caption] by Yonat Shimron (RNS) — A group of Orthodox rabbis from the U.S. and Israel issued a strongly worded letter condemning discredited practices that try to “convert” LGBTQ+ people to heterosexuality — a rarity for an establishment that still largely sees queer people as sinful. The [more]
May 1, 2024 | Eshel Out Loud
This Shabbat will be Parshat Acharei Mot, which we know can be a painful moment for many in our community because of the prohibitions against same sex relations. I remember as a high school student sitting in shul as the parsha was read and wondering what it meant for me - what did God think [more]
Jul 10, 2023 | Eshel Out Loud
“Two Jews, three opinions.'' I was raised to appreciate multiplicity within our tradition. Through my study of Gemara, I learned to wrestle with texts, to ask lots of questions, and to challenge initial assumptions. I was taught the value of makhloket leshem shamayim, conflict in the name of heaven. Basically, I was encouraged to be [more]
Apr 6, 2020 | Eshel in the News
By Rabbi Zach Truboff With the three day yom tov this week there have been a lot of conversations about what can or can't be done for people who might experience distress over the holiday. Most of the discussion I have seen around the use of Zoom or calling people on Shabbat/Yom Tov focus only [more]
Aug 10, 2017 | Eshel in the News, Eshel Out Loud
Originally posted on Times of Israel For those who think that Orthodox means static and unresponsive to new understanding, well, think again. In a recent interview (in Hebrew) by a religious news organization, Makor Rishon, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, an outspoken Orthodox leader and the chief rabbi of Efrat, has shared that he believes homosexuals are [more]
